🎯 My first six-figure check came from an unexpected mentor...

Hey Gang!

Been thinking a lot about how one conversation can change everything...

Let me tell you a story from when I was 16:

Picture this: A dumb kid (me) selling weed out of his backpack, thinking he had life all figured out. I somehow ended up at this fancy dinner where I met the owner of an Investment Bank.

I expected him to lecture me like everyone else did.

Instead, he said something that would echo in my head for the next decade: "When you figure out how to make money legally, I'll be the first to invest in whatever you build."

The way he said "when" not "if" - that hit different.

Ten years later, that same banker wrote me my first $100,000 check. He actually remembered that conversation with some cocky 16-year-old kid.

That investment?

It went into the company I would later sell for over $30M.

He actually got something like a 50x on his money.

Think about that for a second...

From selling dime bags to closing an eight-figure exit - all because one person saw past who I was and believed in who I could become.

Everyone gets at least one big break in their career. The trick is recognizing it when it comes.

Three ways your break might show up:

• Sometimes it's obvious, like a major investment
• Sometimes it's subtle, like advice you're not ready to hear yet
• But it always comes

Looking for your break into the online business world?

I put together a detailed guide on buying your first internet business here: https://youtu.be/GzO3iAOYhZA?si=pi5LosWsWLCKO-95​

(New 2025 version dropping next month, but these principles are still gold)

5 years after that exit, I still think about that dinner. How one conversation, one person believing in you at the right moment, can change everything.

Your break is coming too. Or maybe it already came, and you're in the middle of your story right now.

To the conversations that change us,

James

P.S. Want help buying your first business and creating your big break in 2025? Reply to this email and let's chat 1:1 about making it happen.